Stormy weather helped wind power briefly overtake nuclear power in electricity generation on 6 October Photograph: Global Warming Images/REX/Global Warming Images/REXIt only has symbolic significance, but at half past nine this morning wind was supplying more electricity to the national grid than nuclear.
For a few minutes, the gusts over the western side of the United Kingdom supplied more than 6 gigawatts and a temporary slight dip in nuclear output meant that wind was more important for electricity supply than the UK’s ageing nuclear fleet.
The new record came a few hours after stories about new cracks in the graphite blocks of one of the reactor at EDF’s Hunsterston plant. We’ll see more and more days when wind power beats the geriatric nuclear fleet.
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The new record came a few hours after stories about new cracks in the graphite blocks of one of the reactor at EDF’s Hunsterston plant. We’ll see more and more days when wind power beats the geriatric nuclear fleet.
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